spring for

phrasal verb

sprang for or sprung for; sprung for; springing for; springs for

US, informal

: to pay for (something) : to spend money on (something)

She refuses to spring for a new coat.

I'll spring for dinner.

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Wilco will return to the road this spring for a run through the U.S. South, with Waxahatchee joining them for most of the tour. —

Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 14 Jan. 2025 The research team attached the trackers to the female bats each spring for 3 years and tracked them for about four weeks during their migration. —

Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025 The district only won narrow voter approval this spring for a $252 million referendum to address a $200 million budget shortfall. —

Cleo Krejci, Journal Sentinel, 27 Dec. 2024 The latest data from one company’s testing information shows that positive tests for walking pneumonia have increased from 0.7% to 3.3% since last spring for people of all ages. —

Alice Park, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for spring for